Dazibao - Complete works 1983-1993

4 CD + Box

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DAZIBAO : Complete works 1983-1993 (FIN 050 : 35,00 €

4CD Embossed Metal Box + booklet – Released on April 8th 2010

Founded in 1983 in Paris by Jamil Saïarh (vocals), Pierre Biss (synths), Paul Dufayet de la Tour (drums), and Jean Zundel (bass), Dazibao gave their first gig at the Pali-Kao factory. Soon a first single, "Les Tambours Lointains," recorded on a Portastudio, has been released by M. Vinyl Rcds (Montpellier). Lucas Zabojnik's arrival on guitar allowed the band a real take-off and successive gigs . The maxi-single "Sahd" was produced by New-Wave Rcds; several singles and an album ("Les Musiques de la Honte") were released, thanks to ViSA's enlightened activism, until "Amok", an LP which saw the departure of Pierre Biss. Reduced to a four-member band before the joining of Thierry Bertomeu (sampler, guitars), Dazibao has been from now on managed by Philippe SaintLos. Hou La La / Zelig / Bondage Rcds, where Yves Lecarpentier (V.I.S.A) and Eric Débris (Mix-It) were working, enabled the band to record "Shems/Soleil" in Brussels - produced by Zip Zinc, of early Métal Urbain fame. It was their last album. For ten years of existence, Dazibao piled up records and tours in France, Europe, and Canada, participated in major festivals and supported a number of headlining acts. If critics were always eulogistic, commercial success didn't come.

In fact, Dazibao was first and foremost a rock band even if lyrics were often sung in Arabic, Jamil being half-moroccan. A "folkoric" success, for instance, was forbidden to a band whose members refused to take part in any community, any fashion; whose various influences were so integrated that they became unrecognizable; who were not "alternative," but truly independent; a band, finally, with which the audience found it difficult to identify. Never mind.

Finally, beyond records, experiences and encounters matter most, and these will last...